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12984357 | Indian | Misnomer for Native Americans created by Columbus | 0 | |
12984358 | Toltecs | Nomatic people beyond the northern frontier | 1 | |
12984359 | Aztecs | Mexica, nomadic tribe penetrated into Mesoamerican plateaus after the Toltecs | 2 | |
12984360 | Tenochtitian | Town on Lake Texcoco, Center of Aztec power | 3 | |
12984361 | Huitzilopochtli | Aztec tribal parton god | 4 | |
12984362 | Chinampas | floating islands used to irrigate agriculture | 5 | |
12984363 | Pochteca | Merchant class in Aztec Society | 6 | |
12984364 | Inca | group of clans centered in Cuzco | 7 | |
12984365 | Split Inheritance | Inca practice of ruler descent, political power goes to oldest son, land goes to younger sins | 8 | |
12984366 | Temple of the Sun | Inca religious center, state religion | 9 | |
12984676 | Tambos | Way stations used by Incas as Inns and Storehouses | 10 | |
12984677 | Mita | Forced labor, labor extracted for lands assigned to the state | 11 | |
12984678 | Quipu | Inca knotting writing system | 12 | |
12984679 | Hernan Cortes | Led expedition from Spain to Mexico in the 1500s, defeat Aztecs | 13 | |
12984680 | Anasazi | Native American Culture whitch thrived in the southwest, cliff dwelling, maize growing | 14 | |
12984681 | Hopewell | Native American culture centered in Ohio valley | 15 | |
12984682 | " Flowery Death" | Death while taking prisioners for sacrifice | 16 |